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citrin

French, adjective/si.tʁɛ̃/

citrin is spelled C-I-T-R-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Citrin is a French adjective meaning “lemon (color)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de couleur de citron”.

What does citrin mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    lemon (color)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est de couleur de citron.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of citrin

  • citrine feminine
  • citrins masculine plural
  • citrines feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce citrin?

  • /si.tʁɛ̃/
  • \si.tʁɛ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is citrin in French?

citrin appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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